| Name: | MARSHAL NEY launched as M 13 |
| Type: | Monitor |
| Keel: | 01/1915 |
| Launched: | 17/06/1915 |
| Completed: | 31/08/1915 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 859 |
| Dimensions: | 5550disp - 5780disp, 340.0 x 90.3 x 10.4(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, MAN type, 6cyl (14.5 x 24ins), 1500bhp |
| Engines by: | J Samuel White, Cowes |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 6.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 1 x 2 x 15.0ins, 2 x 1 x 12pdr QF, 1 x 3.0ins AA, 2 x 1 x 2pdr HA guns |
| History: | |
| 26/08/1915 | British Royal Navy |
| 1922 | Renamed VIVID |
| 1934 | Renamed DRAKE |
| 1947 | Renamed ALAUNIA II |
| 06/10/1957 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Name ship of the Marshal Ney Class of monitors, launched as M13 |
| The Royal Navy's first diesel powered surface warship | |
| Engines & steering proved to be totally unreliable, so turret transferred to TERROR | |
| 1916: Re-armed with 1 x 9.2ins & 4 x 1 x 6ins guns & used as a guard ship | |
| 1920: Armament removed & converted to a depot ship | |
| 06/10/1957: Arrived at Milford Haven for breaking up by TW Ward Ltd |
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